TERMS
qualification type
| The classification of a qualification within a Sub-Framework of the NQF | |
| Based on The Policy and Criteria for the Registration of Qualifications and Part-Qualifications on the NQF (SAQA, 2013) | |
| eleven qualification types, as described in the HEQSF, ranging from certificates to doctorates | |
| four qualification types, as described in the GFETQSF, ranging from general certificates to national certificates | |
| one qualification type, as described in the OQSF, namely the Occupational Certificate | |
| qualification descriptor part-qualification National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Occupational Qualifications Sub-Framework (OQSF) Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework (HEQSF) General and Further Education and Training Qualifications Sub-Framework (GFETQSF) qualification | |
